Andre onana, a manchester united goalkeeper, says he felt “nothing” when faced with the familiar anfield atmosphere during the red devils’ dull 0-0 draw with liverpool.
Onana, 27, was part of a tenacious united team that earned a hard-fought point against arch enemies liverpool on sunday, with the goalkeeper making a number of saves to deny mohamed salah and his team.
Onana’s second trip to anfield was held behind closed doors while playing for ajax during the pandemic, but after the match, the cameroon international – who became the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet against liverpool since april – was asked by mutv how he dealt with the anfield crowd. You can get that at manchester united, but i need to be prepared for it. “i’m used to playing big games with a lot of intensity,” he said. It was fun to play here today, as i said. We defeated a tough opponent, but we also showed that we have good players. “you must strive to win as manchester united,” he said.
Despite liverpool’s largest attendance in over 60 years, former united captain gary neville slammed the lack of noise inside anfield. For the first time since an £80 million investment was made to expand their overall capacity, the club was able to partially open their anfield road end stand. “i have to say, this is by far the worst atmosphere i’ve ever seen at anfield for a manchester united game,” neville said during a sky sports commentary.
So far, it has been really, really quiet, except for the first five minutes when they were up for it. “after the break, the former defender said, “the atmosphere at anfield was the worst i’ve seen at anfield ever for a liverpool-manchester united game.” I’ve always been a fan of liverpool, but this is the quietest audience i’ve ever seen in this game. “i think there was a little bit of overconfidence before the game, with people sporting 7-0 christmas jumpers and stuff like that,” he said.
Neville made a reference to jamie carragher, a pundit who made a new jumper for sunday’s match to commemorate liverpool’s historic victory last season.
